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Gore Plans for a Date at the White House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 — President Bush and former Vice President Al Gore have spoken just a few times since the evening of Dec. 13, 2000, when Mr. Gore conceded the presidential race, five weeks and a Supreme Court ruling after the voting had ended.

But one week from Monday, they will meet in the Oval Office for a ceremony honoring this year’s American Nobel laureates, including Mr. Gore, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change.

It will be Mr. Gore’s first trip back to the White House since the Clinton administration, perhaps a bittersweet moment for a man who won the popular vote, lost the election and went on to redeem himself as an environmentalist. It might also be an occasion for policy talk. He and Mr. Bush do not see eye to eye on climate change.

Aides say the two have spoken briefly over the years at events like the 2001 inaugural and a memorial for Sept. 11 victims. On Thursday, Mr. Bush called Mr. Gore to make certain that he could attend the White House event. The deputy White House press secretary, Tony Fratto, called it a friendly conversation. A spokeswoman for Mr. Gore, Kalee Kreider, said Mr. Gore was looking ahead, not back.

“I think this is really about all of the Nobel laureates and the prize,” Ms. Kreider said, “and not about the past.”

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